Watch: 5 Paul Thomas Anderson and Fiona Apple Music Videos

P.T. Anderson (There Will be Blood, The Master), one of the most lauded directors of our generation, used to date Fiona Apple in the late ’90s. They were the perfect film/music geek power couple, and at the time were churning out some of their greatest work (Anderson with his delectable Magnolia and Apple with her brutally honest When the Pawn…). Apple, whose musical gift is as extraordinary as his directorial one (likely what drew them together), is so magnetic, dark and elusive that she made a perfect subject for Anderson to capture on camera. I’ve been a huge Fiona fan since her career began, and her collaborations with Anderson are some of the most beautiful music videos from a time when they ruled the world (remember TRL?!)

After 13 long years of not working or being together (the couple split near the turn of the century), Anderson and Apple have reunited with a sultry, gorgeously framed music video for “Hot Knife”, the closing track of Apple’s excellent 2012 release, The Idler Wheel…. It’s a gloriously steamy reunion indeed. The track’s intricately layered vocal melodies are echoed in Anderson’s visuals, proving that the good vibrations between the duo haven’t subsided over the last decade. Check it out…

“Hot Knife” by Fiona Apple (video by P.T. Anderson)

Hope this isn’t the last time we see these to collaborate! Here are the four fantastic music videos they worked on together over a decade ago: